Peace and Security Remain Illusive on December 21, 2024Mr Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations spoke during a seventy-eighth session of the General Assembly on February 7, 2024, “Although peace is the “raison d’être” of the United Nations, it is the one thing missing most dramatically from the world. The Secretary-General stressed that people want peace with security and dignity, […]
By From Casablanca to New York on October 4, 2024I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to address the ‘OIC Contact Group Meeting on Kashmir’ here at the UN headquarters in New York. The nation of Kashmir would like to express its appreciation to the member states of the Contact Group and in particular to His Excellency, the Secretary-General for expressing an intense desire […]
Higher voter turnout rejection of Modi’s policies on June 7, 2024While the hullabaloo over Parliamentary elections in Indian-occupied Kashmir has been on the verge of being a circus, with all the elephants of election sloganeering on parade, like, Prime Minister Modi’s tweet, “The abrogation of Article 370 has enabled the aspirations of the people (of Kashmir) to find full expression.” Amit Shah’s tweet, “The Modi […]
Self-Determination and Kashmir – IV on February 29, 2024Much is being made of the fact that seven decades have passed since the principled solution on Kashmir was formulated by the United Nations with almost universal support. These resolutions are obsolete and out of date, so says the Government of India. The passage of time cannot invalidate an enduring and irreplaceable principle – the […]
Self-Determination and the Issue of Kashmir on February 28, 2024What prevented the plebiscite’s holding was India’s refusal to accept any proposals that called for her to withdraw the bulk of her forces from Kashmir and thus conclude a truce leading to the induction of a Plebiscite Administrator. When the Commission reported this to the Security Council, Sir Owen Dixon, an eminent jurist from Australia, […]
Self-Determination and the Issue of Kashmir – II on February 23, 2024“The real sovereigns of the State (of Kashmir) are the people. The ruler is a servant of the people.” July 29, 1947 (Mahatma Gandhi). The principle of self-determination in modern times can be defined as the right of people to determine their political status and pursue their own economic, social and cultural policies. Self-determination in […]
Self-Determination and the Issue of Kashmir – I on February 21, 2024The self-determination of peoples is a basic principle of the United Nations Charter which has been reaffirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and applied countless times to the settlement of international disputes. The concept played a significant part in the post-World War I settlement, leading for example to a plebiscite in a number […]
Kashmir and the Administration of Justice (Part III) on January 29, 2024Professor Zafar Khan, Head of the Diplomatic Department of JKLF and a well-known leader of the Kashmiri global diaspora has said, “Kashmiris are denied their collective and individual rights by India. The political, judicial and security establishment in India has orchestrated an environment of fear and impunity across Jammu Kashmir. With thousands of civilian deaths, […]
Kashmir and the Administration of Justice – II on January 22, 2024Advocate Nasir Qadri, Executive Director, ‘Legal Forum for Kashmir’ (LFK) has documented and analyzed India’s institutionalized and systematic discrimination against Kashmiris within the framework of the definition of Genocide and ethnic cleansing under international law. It has further analyzed the laws, policies and practices which have been newly introduced as the transitional phase of settler […]
Kashmir and the Administration of Justice – I on January 18, 2024“O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allah is more worthy of both….” (Al-Quran 4:135). “Beware! Whoever is cruel and hard on a non-Muslim minority, curtails their rights, burdens them with more […]